Acer Puts up The Best ARM Chromebook Ever: Tegra K1 and 13 Hour Battery Life

There are a few things that Chromebook lovers wish for when any new Chromebook is announced. An above average screen resolution, and a battery that lasts more than an average work day.

Acer has been doing a good job with Chromebooks, but today, they did the best ARM Chromebook so far, beating the Samsung Chromebook 2 in every aspect.

There are two variants of the Acer Chromebook 13 CB5 that came out today, one boasts 4GB RAM, 1920 x 1080 screen and a 11 hour battery life for $379.99. The second vraint, a 2GB model with a normal screen of 1366 x 768 pixels has 13 hour battery life, and costs only $279.99. Both devices are powered by 2.1 GHz Tegra and NVIDIA Kepler GPU with 192 NVIDIA CUDA cores for graphics.

The 4GB model looks the most exciting one for obvious reasons. Here is the complete specs from Amazon:

Screen Size 13.3 inches

Max Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels

Processor 2.1 GHz Tegra

RAM 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM

Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Kepler GPU with 192 NVIDIA CUDA cores

Wireless Type 802.11 A/C

Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2

Average Battery Life (in hours) 11 hours

Brand Name Acer

Series CB5-311

Item model number CB5-311-T1UU

Operating System Chrome

Item Weight 3.3 pounds

Item Dimensions L x W x H 12.87 x 8.96 x 0.71 inches

Color Moonstone White

Processor Brand NVIDIA

Flash Memory Size 32.0

Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)

The Touchscreen Confusion

The video that is shown on the Amazon product page shows touch screen for these Chromebooks. However, the specs sheet or the press release do not say anything about touchscreen. My assumption is that we are going to a touchscreen variant pretty soon.

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If you do not mind the general build quality that Acer machines come with, you can forget the Samsung Chromebook 2 for ever. This guy is going to replace Samsung in ARM category, pending performance reviews after the availability. I see photos on Engadget that they took (not the official ones) which means they are already playing with these devices. We’ll see the reviews pretty soon.